Emmanuel Noisette of Eman’s Movie Reviews shares his review of “The Birth of a Nation”

That importance is that a film like this helps American society actually learn about a piece of history that more than likely won’t be taught in our history books in school. The sad reality is that movies/media have become our real history books (regardless of historical accuracy). So as someone who only found out about Nat Turner (and many others) only through a history course in grad school, I’m very happy that this film is being brought to the masses. My hope is that it would encourage more directors and studios to make more films that highlight neglected minority figures in history.